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Letter of complaint

Hope

 

Today I sent off a letter of complaint to my local Community Mental Health Team, and it was a great relief to get it off my chest.

In the letter I wrote that, maybe I am naive, but I assumed that the Autism Act 2009 meant that I would gain access to therapy tailored to my needs; that anxiety, it seems, is given short shrift because it is not considered an 'illness' in the same way that depression is - I can get out of bed, no matter that I suffer chronically 24/7. This is the essence of what I wrote, and I requested therapy from  someone who is autism aware, and that the therapy should last longer than the standard 6 weeks.

The letter was addressed to the head of the mental health team.

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  • @dunk-in-biscuit: did you complete the AQ10 (see my stickied thread about assessment and diagnosis for adults)?  If you did, and got a score of 6 or more, your GP must refer you.  Even if you didn't complete it, if you have problems that are indicative of potential autism he still must refer you.

    http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/13774/59685/59685.pdf

    Look under Identification and Assessment in the above link.  Insist you are referred if you meet the criteria and if you go for an appointment and the GP says no, say there and then that you want a colleague called in and cite the Autism Act 2009 to them and the NICE Guidelines.

    @Hope: look under the bit about Person Centre Care in the above link.

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  • @dunk-in-biscuit: did you complete the AQ10 (see my stickied thread about assessment and diagnosis for adults)?  If you did, and got a score of 6 or more, your GP must refer you.  Even if you didn't complete it, if you have problems that are indicative of potential autism he still must refer you.

    http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/13774/59685/59685.pdf

    Look under Identification and Assessment in the above link.  Insist you are referred if you meet the criteria and if you go for an appointment and the GP says no, say there and then that you want a colleague called in and cite the Autism Act 2009 to them and the NICE Guidelines.

    @Hope: look under the bit about Person Centre Care in the above link.

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